CALL FOR PAPERS
50th Annual Asilomar Conference on
Signals, Systems, and Computers

Asilomar Hotel and Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, California
November 6–9, 2016
www.asilomarssc.org
Authors are invited to submit papers before May 1st, 2016, in the following areas:

A. Communications Systems: 1. Modulation and Detection,
2. Coding and Decoding, 3. OFDM/Multicarrier, 4. Cognitive Radio,
5. Game Theory in Communications, 6. Physical Layer Security,
7. mmWave, 8. Underwater, 9. DSL and Wireline Technologies,
10. Guided and Free-space Optical 11. Satellite
B. MIMO Communications and Signal Processing:
1. Space-Time Coding, 2. Channel Estimation and Equalization,
3. Multiuser and Massive MIMO, 4. Cooperation and Relaying,
5. Limited Feedback, 6. Interference Management
C. Networks: 1. Ad Hoc Networks, 2. Wireless Sensor Networks,
3. Network Info. Theory, 4. Optimization, 5. Heterogeneous Networks,
6. Cognitive/Adaptive Networks, 7. Social Networks, 8. Distributed
Algorithms, 9. Security, 10. Computational Offloading 11. Software
Defined Access Networks, 12. Vehicular Networks, 13. Smart Grid
D. Signal Processing and Adaptive Systems: 1. Compressive
Sensing, 2. Machine Learning, 3. Statistical Signal Processing,
4. Information Theoretic & Cognitive Signal Processing, 5. Adaptive
Filtering, 6. Adaptive Sensing, 7. Fast Algorithms, 8. High-Dimensional
Large-Scale Data, 9. Data and Decision Fusion
E. Array Signal Processing: 1. Source Localization, 2. Source
Separation, 3. Adaptive Beamforming 4. Robust Methods,
5. MIMO Radar, 6. Tensor Models and Processing, 7. Applications
(Sonar, Radar, Microphone Arrays, etc.)
F. Biomedical Signal and Image Processing: 1. Molecular and
Medical Imaging, 2. Imaging Modalities, 3. Image Formation and
Reconstruction, 4. Processing of Physiological Signals,
5. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 6. Image Registration
and Multimodal Imaging, 7. Functional Imaging, 8. Brain Machine
Interfaces, 9. Neural Signal Processing, 10. Visualization
G. Architecture and Implementation: 1. Energy-Efficient Design,
2. High-Speed Computer Arithmetic, 3. Reconfigurable Signal
Processing, 4. Multicore, Many-core and Distributed Systems,
5. Algorithm and Architecture Co-optimization, 6. System-Level
Representation and Synthesis, 7. Cyber-Physical System
Prototypes/Test-beds, 8. Mixed-Signal Processors
H. Speech, Image and Video Processing: 1. Speech Processing,
2. Speech Coding, 3. Speech Recognition, 4. Narrowband/Wideband
Speech and Audio Coding, 5. Document Processing, 6. Models for
Signal and Image Processing, 7. Image and Video Coding and
Communication, 8. Image and Video Segmentation, 9. Image and Video
Analysis, 10. Image/Video Security, Retrieval and Watermarking,
11. Image and Video Enhancement/Filtering, 12. Biometrics and
Security, 13. Hybrid Imaging Systems

Submissions should include a 50 to 100 word abstract and an extended summary (500 to 1000 words, plus figures). Submissions must
include the title of the paper, each author's name and affiliation, and the technical area(s) in which the paper falls with number(s) from the
above list. Check the conference website (www.asilomarssc.org) for specific information on the electronic submission process.
Submissions will be accepted starting February 1, 2016. No more than FOUR submissions are allowed per contributor, as author or coauthor.
All submissions must be received by May 1st, 2016. Notifications of acceptance will be mailed by mid July 2016, and author
information will be available on the conference website by late July 2016. Full papers will be due shortly after the conference and
published in early 2017. All technical questions should be directed to the Technical Program Chair, Prof. Gerald Matz, e-mail
gerald.matz@tuwien.ac.at or the General Chair, Prof. Philip Schniter, email schniter@ece.osu.edu. Prospective organizers of special
sessions are invited to submit proposals to gerald.matz@tuwien.ac.at or schniter@ece.osu.edu by January 15, 2016. Proposals must
include a topical title, rationale, session outline, contact information, and a description of how the session will be organized.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
General Chair: Philip Schniter, The Ohio State University
Technical Program Chair: Gerald Matz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Conference Coordinator: Monique P. Fargues, Naval Postgraduate School
Publication Chair: Michael Matthews, Orbital ATK
Publicity Chair: Linda S. DeBrunner, Florida State University
Finance Chair: Ric Romero, Naval Postgraduate School
Electronic Media Chair: Marios S. Pattichis, University of New Mexico
The site for the 2016 Conference is at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, in Pacific Grove, CA. The grounds border the Pacific Ocean and
are close to Monterey, Carmel, and the scenic Seventeen Mile Drive in Pebble Beach. The Conference is organized by the non-profit
Signals, Systems and Computers Conference Corporation.